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THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK
THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,680,602 to it, the largest being HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY ($1,499,376). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Harvard Library in New York does
Mission
To stimulate and maintain interest in good literature by raising, administering and expending funds for the establishment and maintenance of a library in the city of new york to be located at the harvard club of new york city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2021, the board of trustees concluded that, due to financial and operational challenges, it was in the best interest of the library to pursue dissolution as an organization. On october 20, 2023, the library entered into an agreement with the harvard club of new york city (the "club"), harvard club of new york foundation (the "foundation") and the president and fellows of harvard college (the "university") with respect to the distribution of the library's assets at its dissolution, subject to regulatory approval. On june 11, 2024 the board of regents of the university of the state of new york issued the library a "dissolution of certificate of incorporation and recommended the distribution of the library's assets pursuant to judicial approval in accordance with the new york education law. The library subsequently received approval to distribute its assets via court order filed november 1, 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The Harvard Library in New York works to promote the educational stimulation and appreciation of literature for its guests, members and researchers. Adequate available information from resources such as periodicals, newspapers and books ensure this goal is met. Additionally, the library expends funds for the refurbishment and preservation of its literary collection.
$341,119 spentof which $170,400 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $341,119.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $237k to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $202k → $308k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 75% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK?
- THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,680,602 to it, the largest being HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY ($1,499,376). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,680,602 in grants to THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK?
- HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY is the largest funder on record, with $1,499,376 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing